Finnish soldiers excused from Army due to "Internet Addiction" - PlanetSide Universe
PSU Social Facebook Twitter Twitter YouTube Steam TwitchTV
PlanetSide Universe
PSU: When there's nothing good on TV
Home Forum Chat Wiki Social AGN PS2 Stats
Notices
Go Back   PlanetSide Universe > General Forums > The Lounge

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 2004-08-04, 01:09 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
AztecWarrior
Lightbulb Collector
 
AztecWarrior's Avatar
 
[NEWS]Finnish soldiers excused from Army due to "Internet Addiction"


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...nd_internet_dc
=======
Web Addiction Gets Conscripts Out of Army

Tue Aug 3,10:20 AM ET

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A number of Finnish conscripts have been excused their full term of military service because they are addicted to the Internet, the Finnish Defense Forces said Tuesday.



Doctors have found the young men miss their computers too much to cope with their compulsory six months in the forces.

"For people who play (Internet) games all night and don't have any friends, don't have any hobbies, to come into the army is a very big shock," said Commander-Captain Jyrki Kivela at the military conscription unit.

"Some of (the conscripts) go to the doctor and say they can't stay. Sometimes, the doctors have said they have an Internet addiction," Kivela said.

There are no official figures for the Internet addict dropout rate.

"They get sent home for three years and after that they have to come back and we ask if they are OK ... they will have had time to grow up," Kivela said.

Finland called up 26,500 men in 2003, nine percent of whom were relieved of duty for medical reasons.

However, the Internet drop-outs have not dented national pride in "sisu," a Finnish quality of being tough and resilient.

"We are very proud of our Finnish men. Eight-two percent of all Finnish men manage their whole military service," Kivela said.
========

This is the same army that had Viking raiders, beat back the Red Army during 1939-1940 (but lost because they were just Zerged), caused the Siege of Leningrad, is the home nation of the highest non-German/Austrian fighter ace of all time (Lentomestari Eino Juutilainen, 94 victories, whose aircraft was never even hit by the enemy), and other famous cases of badassery.

And now they send troops home because they miss video games.
__________________
The gun katas. Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the geometric distribution of antagonists in any gun battle is a statistically predictable element. The gun kata treats the gun as a total weapon, each fluid position representing a maximum kill zone, inflicting maximum damage on the maximum number of opponents while keeping the defender clear of the statistically traditional trajectories of return fire. By the rote mastery of this art, your firing efficiency will rise by no less than 120%. The difference of a 63% increase to lethal proficiency makes the master of the gun katas an adversary not to be taken lightly.
AztecWarrior is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2004-08-04, 01:10 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
JetRaiden
Lieutenant General
 
JetRaiden's Avatar
 
Misc Info


saw it on {BOHICA}. if I ever had the need to skip the draft, I'd use that excuse.
JetRaiden is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2004-08-04, 01:18 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
Everay
Major General
 
Everay's Avatar
 


Raiden, ill kill you if you skip the draft. as for that, its simply funny, the good thing though, is that they get called back up in three years, hopfully in three years they will grow up.
Everay is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2004-08-04, 02:21 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
JetRaiden
Lieutenant General
 
JetRaiden's Avatar
 
Misc Info


Originally Posted by Everay
Raiden, ill kill you if you skip the draft. as for that, its simply funny, the good thing though, is that they get called back up in three years, hopfully in three years they will grow up.

I dont need to get drafted. Im going in the Marines.
JetRaiden is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2004-08-04, 02:11 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
Duffman
Contributor
First Lieutenant
 


lol at them hahahahha nerds
__________________
Duffman is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2004-08-04, 02:32 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
Dharkbayne
Lieutenant General
 
Dharkbayne's Avatar
 


I'm afraid I'd be too much of a pussy to join any armed forces.

FMJ scared me.
__________________
[Sig removed by forums changing color. Ph34r the design change.]

+200 Cool Pts
Dharkbayne is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 2004-08-04, 03:28 AM   [Ignore Me] #7
Everay
Major General
 
Everay's Avatar
 


read We Were Soldiers Once...And Young, or rather, lemme paraphrase what i want you to learn from the book, as it is in a somewhat short sentance somewhere in the begginging.

"Hollywood got it wrong"
Everay is offline  
Reply With Quote
Reply
  PlanetSide Universe > General Forums > The Lounge

Bookmarks

Discord

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:48 PM.

Content © 2002-2013, PlanetSide-Universe.com, All rights reserved.
PlanetSide and the SOE logo are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment Inc. © 2004 Sony Online Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.
All other trademarks or tradenames are properties of their respective owners.
Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.